FUNCTIONS OF POLICE- DEVIANCE CONTROL

• REFERS TO THE POLICE MISSION AND TASKS THAT ENFORCE

COMMUNITY VALUES AND LAWS. POLICE PERSONNEL MUST PROTECT
CITIZENS AGAINST LAW BREAKER SUCH AS THOSE THAT STEAL OR
ASSAULT FELLOW CITIZENS.

•CIVIL ORDER CONTROL

• REFERS TO THE DUTY OF POLICE TO RESPOND TO, SUPERVISE, OR
CONTROL TWO OR MORE CITIZENS IN ANY SITUATION THAT MAY
DISRUPT THE PEACE AND TRANQUILLITY OF A SOCIETY

CHRISTOPHER JAMES B. BARCELON

POLICING IN THE MODEL COUNTRIES
- IN THIS SECTION, WE DESCRIBE SOME OF THE HISTORICAL
DEVELOPMENT THAT HAS HELPED TO FORM THE POLICE IN OUR
MODEL COUNTRIES AD EXAMINES HOW THE ORGANIZATION
STRUCTURES PERFORM DEVIANCE ORDER AND CIVIL ORDER
POLICING. WE CONCLUDE WITH A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE ISSUES
OF CURRENT IMPORTANCE FOR POLICE IN OUR MODEL COUNTRIES .

• ENGLAND
• THE MODERN ENGLISH POLICE FORCE DATES BACK TO 1829 WHEN
THE PRIME MINISTER SIR ROBERT PEEL URGED PARLIAMENT TO
ESTABLISH THE LONDON METROPOLITAN POLICE TO DEAL WITH THE
UNREST, CRIME, AND INDUSTRIALIZATION IN 19TH - CENTURY
LONDON. REMAINED A STAPLE OF BRITISH THROUGH THE TWENTIETH
CENTURY…
FRANCE
- POLICING IN FRANCE HAS ALONG HISTORY, DATING BACK TO AT LEAST THE YEAR 580 C.E, WHEN
NIGHT WATCH SYSTEMS WERE COMMON. THE ORGANIZATION OF THE FRENCH POLICE. IT IS AN
UNUSUAL ONE. EVEN THOUGH THE POLICE IN FRANCE ARE COORDINATED BY THE GOVERNMENT
AND THUS REGARD AS CENTRALIZED, AT THE SAME TIME THE COUNTRY HAS TWO SEPARATE
POLICE ORGANIZATIONS. AND ARE THE POLICE NATIONAL AND THE GENDARMERIE NATIONALE.
THE POLICE NATIONALE IS THE LARGER POLICE FORCE WITH OVER 150,000 PERSONNEL DIVIDED
INTO NINE DEPARTMENTS AND IT REQUIRES POLICE RECRUITS TO TAKE WRITTEN AND PHYSICAL
AGILITY TESTS. FOLLOWED BY A FOUR MONTH IN THE FIELD TRAINING PERIOD AND POLICE AND
MUNICIPAL IT CARRIES THE DUTIES (SPECIFIED BY THE MAYORS AND TOWN COUNCILS) RELATED
TO CRIME PREVENTION, PUBLIC ORDER, SECURITY, AND PUBLIC SAFETY.

ISSUES OF CONCERN FOR FRENCH POLICE

- CIVIL ORDER CONTROL IS A MAJOR PROBLEM FOR THE FRENCH POLICE, PROBABLY MORE SO THAN IN
ANY OF OUR MODEL COUNTRIES. ALSO HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE ISSUES OF DRUGS, TERRORISM, AND
IMMIGRATION RACIAL TENSION AND CULTURAL CONFLICT HAVE RESULTED, WITH ATTENDANT PROBLEMS
FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND JUDICIAL OPERATIONS…
GERMANY
- DURING THE REIGN OF OTTO VON BISMARCK IN THE 1870S, IT BECAME A MORE CENTRALIZED
GOVERNMENT, AND A CULTURE OF A STRONG CIVIL SERVICE SYSTEM DEVELOPED THAT SURVIVES TO
THIS DAY. GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC ESTABLISHED A SINGLE CENTRAL POLICE FORCE.

• LAW ENFORCEMENT IN GERMANY IS CONSTITUTIONALLY VESTED SOLELY WITH THE STATES, WHICH IS ONE
OF THE MAIN FEATURES OF THE GERMAN POLITICAL SYSTEM. POLICING HAS ALWAYS BEEN A
RESPONSIBILITY OF THE GERMAN STATES EVEN AFTER 1871 WHEN THE COUNTRY WAS UNIFIED.